برنية
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the toponym بَرْنِيق (barnīq, “Benghazi”) due to some source materials having been produced there, cognate to French vernis, English varnish, and particularly to certain southern Middle French names for a vase or platter breingal, beringuier, bernigant, bernigal, barnigal, vernigal, in obsolete Neo-Occitan bernigau, barnigau (“begging bowl; chamber pot”), berenguié (“urinal”), all passed via Byzantine Greek chemical designations.
Alternative forms
- ברניא (barniyya) — Judeo-Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
بَرْنِيَّة • (barniyya) f (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))
- a kind of wide storage pot of glass or clay
- 2018, Elizabeth Lambourn, Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 256 line 22:
- برنيتين ليمون وزنجبيل
- 2 pots of citrus fruits and ginger
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْنِيَّة barniyya |
الْبَرْنِيَّة al-barniyya |
بَرْنِيَّة barniyyat |
| nominative | بَرْنِيَّةٌ barniyyatun |
الْبَرْنِيَّةُ al-barniyyatu |
بَرْنِيَّةُ barniyyatu |
| accusative | بَرْنِيَّةً barniyyatan |
الْبَرْنِيَّةَ al-barniyyata |
بَرْنِيَّةَ barniyyata |
| genitive | بَرْنِيَّةٍ barniyyatin |
الْبَرْنِيَّةِ al-barniyyati |
بَرْنِيَّةِ barniyyati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بَرْنِيَّتَيْن barniyyatayn |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْن al-barniyyatayn |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| nominative | بَرْنِيَّتَانِ barniyyatāni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَانِ al-barniyyatāni |
بَرْنِيَّتَا barniyyatā |
| accusative | بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| genitive | بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرَانِي barānī |
الْبَرَانِي al-barānī |
بَرَانِي barānī |
| nominative | بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu |
بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
| accusative | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya |
بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
| genitive | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi |
بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi |
Descendants
- → Catalan: albúrnia, búrnia
- → Ladino: albornía, alburnía
- → Spanish: albornía
References
- “برنية” in Almaany
- Baldinger, Kurt (1988) Etymologien. Untersuchungen zu FEW 21–23. Band 1 (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie; 218), Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, , →ISBN, page 225
- Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 264
Etymology 2
Probably taṣhīf for بَرِّينَة (barrīna); i.e. we don’t believe this word belongs here, since the edition of Ibn al-ʕawwām is known to teem with corruptions, and only include it for clarity.
Noun
بَرْنِيَّة • (barniyya) f (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))
- stake
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 7, Art. 46, pages 384 lines 2, 5 and 8:
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْنِيَّة barniyya |
الْبَرْنِيَّة al-barniyya |
بَرْنِيَّة barniyyat |
| nominative | بَرْنِيَّةٌ barniyyatun |
الْبَرْنِيَّةُ al-barniyyatu |
بَرْنِيَّةُ barniyyatu |
| accusative | بَرْنِيَّةً barniyyatan |
الْبَرْنِيَّةَ al-barniyyata |
بَرْنِيَّةَ barniyyata |
| genitive | بَرْنِيَّةٍ barniyyatin |
الْبَرْنِيَّةِ al-barniyyati |
بَرْنِيَّةِ barniyyati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بَرْنِيَّتَيْن barniyyatayn |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْن al-barniyyatayn |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| nominative | بَرْنِيَّتَانِ barniyyatāni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَانِ al-barniyyatāni |
بَرْنِيَّتَا barniyyatā |
| accusative | بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| genitive | بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni |
الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni |
بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرَانِي barānī |
الْبَرَانِي al-barānī |
بَرَانِي barānī |
| nominative | بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu |
بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
| accusative | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya |
بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
| genitive | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi |
بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi |